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We entrust tech firms with vast amounts of information about our daily lives, with an expectation that they will safeguard it. But have we become too casual in the trust we place with them in exchange for more personalized experience and convenience?

Financial services organizations increasingly need an unwavering commitment to customer experience in order to compete, or the competitor down the street will do it first, writes Chris Millner, a principal of financial technology and a payments consultant at North Highland.

While much has been said about the "total supply" of bitcoin as a fixed amount, the reality is that "hard forks" in the Bitcoin blockchain have eliminated this limit, writes Mariam Nishanian, a spokesperson for Dentacoin.

Judopay, a London-based startup enabling merchants to accept mobile payments through a turnkey process, has formed a partnership with Visa’s CyberSource unit to extend the startup’s reach to international customers.

Of all the many technology innovations in the last few years, the truly unparalleled innovation is interoperability. When companies with their disparate systems and platforms can communicate and share their data the multiplier effect on new technologies and benefits is tremendous.

Swedish payments company iZettle AB is said to be open to a sale as an alternative to preparing for an initial public offering, in a so-called dual-track process, according to a person familiar with the company's plans.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: UnionPay builds a bank network for mobile; Lavazza jumps into AI; Breach data winds up in a huge repository; Mastercard's innovation center for younger users.

Chase Pay was years in the making, and it's still finding new ways to reach its intended audience. On the surface it seems like a simple QR code-based mobile wallet, but underneath it's far more complex.

While consumer adoption of mobile payments remains sluggish, research behind the scenes to figure out what consumers want from mobile apps is brisk. Proprietary mobile apps from retailers are becoming a hotspot of development, with Target Corp. rolling out Target Wallet this week, joining numerous other retailer mobile apps.

Rising short-term rates have so far been a boon for bank profitability. But technology has made it is easier than ever for customers to migrate their funds, which means the battle for highly-valued core deposits is likely to heat up. Here's a look at how bank executives plan to contend for their share of the market.

Emerging channels and payment types have created a new ecosystem of risk, and legacy systems cannot keep up. By now it’s clear that machine learning is the answer for fighting fraud at scale. While organizations are excited about the enormous potential of machine learning in the fight against fraud, they also have questions about where they should begin, and what they should look for. Read this free 11-page report and get actionable insights to help you create a strategy for taking charge of the AI disruption that’s well underway.